Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-29
The Daughter Of a Prominent Govern
ment Official Driven from Home
by a Cross Step Mother.
The Girl Applies for Admission 10 q
House 0! II-Fsme, Is Refused and
TurnGd Over 80 the Police.
Representatives OlamovI1G for Committee
Posfueps-A General DIspOsi;ion 10
Put Randall Out CT tho Way.
DRIVEN To DESPERATION.


Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-A story has
come % light here which speaks but i'll OF
q prominent government official and an
inve legation by your correspondent
shows that the worst hiss not yet been
told. The gentleman in question has
very attractive daughter by his first wife,
whose life was made miserable
by her stepmcther. Repuised
by her father and tainted
bv her stepmother; with her hOme beCom-
ing unbesrable, snd with her efforts to
obtain situation absolutely futile, the
girl lost courage and became respondent.
On "Wednesday sue inside up
HER FINAL DECIIOsN.
Addressing to her father note OF
goodbye sae stole from the house.
Ssddest and strangest OF all she turned
her footsteps toward disreputable
portion of the city, in locality
south of the avenue, where
the glazing lights ct the
barrooms illume the darkness by night.
Sac rang the door DELL of well known
house of i'll fame. The woman in charge
HEARD HER STORY.
"I have come now to be an inmate here"
said the unexpected visitor fnaIly.
"If you are an innocent girl, D." said the
woman. with more sympathy and good
ness OF heart than many with more pre-
tensions 10 morality, "You can't remain
here"
She did more than refuse admittsnce
to the poor girl, she took her, laIe as IL
was, 20 & police statlon ana s&W the
lieutenant. After hearing her story she
was taken to s little mission house 1or
erIirg Women, where she speDtthe night.
All this TINS no word had reached the
police authorities from the glrIs Iatner,
and Yesterday morning he learned for the
Il st time, from friends who had Interested
themselves in her behalf, that
SHE wAsSIN THE CITY.
To say that hn Is surprised IS put Ialnt-
" expressing his feelings. He had sup
posed she had gone 10 relatives IN the
west and expected TO hezr from her IN Que
time. He wished to go 20 her at once,
but it was thought best not 10 let Aln
know where she Was until she nau Oeeh
consulted in the matter. lie was an
sWered, however, that his daughter WAS
still an innocent girl. An interview "as
arranged between the two, ana IL LOOK
place yesterday afternoon &t the ponce
heaGuusrters. The father was too mucn
grieyad by the suffering OF the girl 10 re-
cei7e her with other than the utmost
kindness, while the dsugnEer, hG'ins
realized into what d fearful position her
rashness might hsve placed ner, was DuI
too glad to be received in her fathers
arms Tears and explanations followed,
and the result of the interview was tnat
I'D hpr f=thnr home.
RANDALL MUST BE CoFF1NED.
Special 10 the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, NV. 2S.-Members are
not arriving at the cspitsl as rapidly as
usual at the beginning OF neW CONGRESS-;
Probably not more than dozen visited
he House postoffice and the office OF the
Sergeant-sJ-Arms today. with no
speakership contest, there IS little 10
hasten their arrival. The interesting
question at The outset Is
what committees to get on.
Some of the old memoers are
looking for new places more promlGehb
than those held by them In the lsst CoD-
gress, and the new members are ANXIOUS
TO be well assigned, though tney are not
vet in eli cases clear what they want, out
as Mr.. Carlisle is not yet Speaker only
those who are particularly intimate WIN
him could venture
TO DISCUSS THE SUBJECT WITH HIM.
There appears 10 DE no reason TO suppose
that Mr., Randall will be taken from the
head of the committee on appropriations.
1t is rot thought likely that MIR. carlisle
would do that. Many OF his str0rgest
| friends have said they would not vote Tor
him for Speaker if Randall were
in he permitted to stsy
It the head OF the committee. There
is some meaning in that sort OF talk.
Mr. Carlisle and his friends are seriously
considering how they can take it out Oh
Mr.. R4udall's power TO LII Ience the
| the tariff rate By the use OF the sopro-
pristion bills, and it is quite possible that
| he NAV be given a committee, WHICH as
chairman he could not control
| THE DIsPO-IiIoN Of inn TAkif ST.
| The reformers az this time seem to De
favorable to doing something. Rather
than insisting upon everything that they
would like to go their way the coDces-
sions will be q eat 70 secure reduction
of the tariff, and it is possible they may
90 far enough to secure en- agree-
meps with Mr.. Randall, tn ugn
there are not many who nave
confidence in such 8 result. They rely
chiefly on satisfying those men VINO nave
heretofore stood with Randall upon the
influence OF the administration. ana 70
the necessity that something ehoulo DC
done. They believe that large numDe'
of Republicans even would not dare &c
vote against the consideration OF tarif
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